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Houston Astros @ Cincinnati Reds

1978-04-06 · Day game · Cinergy Field · Att: 52378 · overcast, rain · 2:53

Cincinnati Reds defeated Houston Astros 11–9. Cincinnati Reds put up 5 in the 5th. Pedro Borbon earned the win and Dave Tomlin picked up the save. Joe Morgan went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	9	12
CIN	1	0	0	1	5	2	2	0		11	16

W: Pedro Borbon L: J.R. Richard SV: Dave Tomlin

Umpires — HP: Ed Vargo · 1B: Paul Pryor · 2B: Satch Davidson · 3B: Terry Tata · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Terry Puhl	4	2	2	1	1	0
Enos Cabell	5	1	1	1	0	2
Cesar Cedeno	4	1	2	2	1	0
Jose Cruz	5	1	3	2	0	0
Bob Watson	5	1	1	1	0	1
Joe Ferguson	4	1	1	2	0	3
Art Howe	4	1	1	0	0	0
Roger Metzger	3	0	0	0	0	0
J. R. Richard	2	0	0	0	0	1
Denny Walling	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Bergman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wilbur Howard	0	1	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	4	1	1	0	1	0
Ken Griffey	4	2	2	0	1	1
Joe Morgan	4	3	3	5	1	1
George Foster	5	2	2	0	0	1
Dan Driessen	4	2	2	0	1	1
Johnny Bench	5	0	2	2	0	2
Dave Concepcion	4	0	1	1	1	2
Cesar Geronimo	4	0	2	1	1	1
Tom Seaver	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Collins	1	1	1	1	1	0
Dale Murray	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
J. R. Richard	4.2	11	3	8
Gene Pentz	1.1	2	3	1
Tom Dixon	0.0	3	1	0
Joe Sambito	2.0	0	0	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Seaver	3.0	6	0	3
Pedro Borbon	2.0	2	0	0
Dale Murray	3.2	3	1	4
Doug Bair	0.0	0	1	0
Dave Tomlin	0.1	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Terry Puhl: HR/9
Enos Cabell: K
Cesar Cedeno: S
Jose Cruz: SB2
Jose Cruz: 63
Bob Watson: 43

Bot 1

Pete Rose: 63
Ken Griffey: K
Joe Morgan: HR/9
George Foster: 13

Top 2

Joe Ferguson: K
Art Howe: 4/P
Roger Metzger: 43

Bot 2

Dan Driessen: 43
Johnny Bench: S8
Dave Concepcion: K
Cesar Geronimo: D7.1-3
Tom Seaver: K

Top 3

J. R. Richard: K
Terry Puhl: 7
Enos Cabell: 8

Bot 3

Pete Rose: 63
Ken Griffey: W
Joe Morgan: PB.1-2
Joe Morgan: K
George Foster: K

Top 4

Cesar Cedeno: HR/8
Jose Cruz: D7
Bob Watson: S7.2-H
Joe Ferguson: HR/7.1-H
Art Howe: 63
Roger Metzger: 8
J. R. Richard: 8

Bot 4

Dan Driessen: S7
Johnny Bench: SB2#
Johnny Bench: K
Dave Concepcion: S8.2-H
Cesar Geronimo: CS2(26)#
Cesar Geronimo: K

Top 5

Terry Puhl: S8
Enos Cabell: 64(1)/FO
Cesar Cedeno: SB2#
Cesar Cedeno: 7
Jose Cruz: S7.2XH(72)

Bot 5

Dave Collins: S4
Pete Rose: D7.1-3
Ken Griffey: S6/BR.2X3(6);3-3
Joe Morgan: D/78.3-H;1-H
George Foster: WP.2-3
George Foster: BK.3-H
George Foster: D7
Dan Driessen: W
Johnny Bench: K
Dave Concepcion: W.2-3;1-2
Cesar Geronimo: S1.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dave Collins: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Pete Rose: 31

Top 6

Bob Watson: K
Joe Ferguson: K
Art Howe: 4/P

Bot 6

Ken Griffey: 6/P
Joe Morgan: W
George Foster: SB2
George Foster: E4.2-2;B-1
Dan Driessen: S2.2-3;1-2
Johnny Bench: S8.3-H(UR);2-H;1-2
Dave Concepcion: 63.2-3;1-2
Cesar Geronimo: IW
Dale Murray: K

Top 7

Roger Metzger: 13
Denny Walling: S7
Terry Puhl: 46(1)/FO
Enos Cabell: K

Bot 7

Pete Rose: W
Ken Griffey: S9.1-3(E9)
Joe Morgan: SB2
Joe Morgan: D/78.3-H;2-H
George Foster: S7.2-3
Dan Driessen: K+CS2(56)/TP.3XH(265)

Top 8

Cesar Cedeno: 7
Jose Cruz: 43
Bob Watson: 8

Bot 8

Johnny Bench: 5/L
Dave Concepcion: K
Cesar Geronimo: 5/FL

Top 9

Joe Ferguson: K
Art Howe: D7
Dave Bergman: 3/G.2-3
Wilbur Howard: HP
Terry Puhl: W.1-2
Enos Cabell: S9.3-H;2-3;1-2
Cesar Cedeno: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jose Cruz: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Bob Watson: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

33 minute rain delay
31 minute rain delay
38 minute rain delay
Joe Morgan escaped rundown back to 2B
Foster caught in rundown on steal attempt, Morgan strays off 3rd and is out; Foster then out at 2nd

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